Clip for can-covers.



No. 875,811. PATENTED DEC. 31, 1907. G. AOKEEMANN.

CLIP FOR CAN COVERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.19, 1906- of a modified form of clip.

and bent inward in the direction so then GEORGE AOKERMANN, OF CINOIYNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE HEEKIN CAN COMPANY, OB CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

CLIP .FQR GAN-COVERS.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Dec. 31, 190?. 1

Application filed March 19,1906. Serial No. 306,702.

5 State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clips for Can- Covers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is a means for to securing the covers of cans firmly in place,

which may be secured in place readily, holds the cover securely and is of a construction which is simple and lends itself readily to manufacture. This object is attained by 15 the means described inthe specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the top of a can, the cover, and the clips embodying my an invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective 'view upon an enlarged scale of one of my clips. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation oi a clip and in section or the side wall and cover of a can. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 3 of the modified form.

The clip is made preferably from a strip of metal, A, having at one end a finger, a, and having a U-shaped tongue out in its center in which the finger, a, pro ects. The cover, B, of the can, is made in the usual manner. The can, G, has near its'top two horizontal grooves, c, 0'. After the cover has been placed upon the can, a number of clips, for instance three or four, are placed at equidistances" around the cover, with the fingers, a, projecting over the top of the cover and with the straps, a, projecting into the groove, 0. A. Wire, D, is assed around the groove, 0, and through strap, a, of each clip. Then the ends of the Wire are securely fastened together by coiling them about each other and a seal, E, may be then placed over the as coiled ends of the Wire. The clip, A, may

have its lower end, a), curved inward so as to project slightly into the groove, 0, for the purpose of preventing its being caught into 5 any external objects. After the wire, D, has

been firmly secured in place, it holds the U r straps, a, of the clips securely in the groove,

0, and thus hold the clips, A, down firmly on the cover, so that the same is held securely and snugly on the can. it is seen that the clip cannot be removed Without releasih the ends of the wire from each other an that when they are sealed, the contents of the can cannot tampered with without the fact being made evident.

In the modified form of the invention, instead oi forming the clip from a strip of metal, I have formed it from a piece of Wire. The wire, F, is doubled, has its upper end bent into a linger, F, to pass over the top of the cover, and has its lower end curved inward. in an. eye, f, which forms a lug similar to the U strap, a, of the sheet metal clip and forms likewise a way for the wire.

in the foregoing description I have described the can as having a groove near its upper end into which the strap of the clip projects. It is obvious that in place of describing this as a groove running about the can, the part of the can above the groove together, I

' -GEORGE ACKERMANN. Witnesses: 1

WALTER F. MURRAY, Aenns McCoRMAoK. 

